8 Watsons --- 1

Please answer the following comprehension questions in the discussion link for this page.

Ch. 1-3

1. Do you think the Watsons would have considered themselves poor? Why?

2. Do you agree with Kenny that being very smart in school can create enemies? Why?

3. Why do you think so many boys in school teased Kenny as well as the new boy and his brother? Do you think this type of
teasing is okay?



Literary Elements: Setting

The setting of a novel refers to the time and place the events occur. What is the setting of this novel?



Point of View---Point of view in literature refers to the person telling the story. There are three possible points of view in a novel:

• First-person narrator who, as a character, tells the story as he or she experienced it.
• Third person limited narrator who knows what one character is doing and thinking.
• Third-person omniscient narrator who knows what all the characters are doing and thinking.

Which point of view has the author chosen? What are the advantages and limitations of this point of view?